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The phrase is often linked with pride, yet it usually reflects humility and an acknowledgment of personal fallibility, much like the sayings "to err is human" and "let him who is without sin cast the first stone."
487: 352: 35: 127: 99: 106: 73: 442: : preposition governing the ablative in its complement, which normally means 'of', but which in this context can be translated as 'for'. 113: 314: 464: : verb of the first form of conjugation in the first person singular of the present active indicative, which in Latin is pronounced 95: 378: 215: 197: 49: 41: 556: 356: 164: 84: 120: 448: : personal pronoun in the ablative case introduced by the previous preposition, which in Catalan means 'me'. 341: 179: 272: 360: 345: 310: 294: 175: 454: : adjective of the first group or class, in accusative singular neuter, which in Latin is pronounced 524:
The meaning of the verse and the history of its later interpretation is discussed at length by
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The text contains two declarative sentences with the following literal meaning:
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Nevertheless, the quote has remained for posterity as a justification of what
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